Encoding complex wettability patterns in chemically functionalized 3D photonic crystals

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Written by: Grant England AP225 Fall, 2011

Info

Title: Encoding complex wettability patterns in chemically functionalized 3D photonic crystals

Authors: Ian B. Burgess, Lidiya Mishchenko, Benjamin D. Hatton, Mathias Kolle, Marko Lončar, and Joanna Aizenberg

@Harvard: http://aizenberglab.seas.harvard.edu/papers/WInk_JACS_just_Accepted.pdf

Keywords

Chemical patterning in 3D, photonic crystals, wetting, encryption, inverse opals, Colloidal assembly, Coassembly

Summary

By creating an inverse-opal film of large area and very high quality, and functionalizing the interior surfaces of these inverse opal films with different types of silanes to change the wettability of the surfaces, colorimetric patterns can be created for differentiation of two liquids by surface tension. This is possible because the color of an inverse opal film with pores filled with air is different from that of an inverse opal film with pores filled with liquid due to the refractive index difference between air and the liquid.

Wink1.jpg

The above figure shows the patterning process using two different silanes with different wettability properties.

Wink2.jpg

The above figure shows images of the W-INK structures after wiping with different liquids with varying surface tensions.

Methods and Results

Conclusions

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